Izz al-Din Abu Muhammad Abd al-Aziz ibn Shaddad ibn Tamim ibn al-Mu'izz ibn Badis (d. after 1186), known as Abu al-Gharib Izz al-Din al-Sanhaji, was a Zirid chronicler. He was a prince of the Zirid dynasty.
Biography edit
Abd al-Aziz ibn Shaddad's birth date is not known.[1] He was a member of the zirid dynasty, the grandson of Tamim ibn al-Mu'izz and nephew of Yahya ibn Tamim. He was part of the entourage of the last zirid ruler al-Hasan ibn Ali since he said that he had consulted a book of the library of this sultan.[2] In 1148, the city of al-Mahdiyya was captured by George of Antioch. Ibn Shaddad probably fled the city with al-Hasan to the court of the Almohad caliph Abd al-Mu'min.[1] In 1156-1157, he was at the sicilian city Palermo. He went to Syria, where he settled at Damascus no later than 1175-1176. In this later city he communicated his grandfather Tamim's Diwan to the scholar Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani. He was still there in 1186 as he recorded the testimony of a citizen of al-Mahdiyya on Ifriqya's events the same year.[2][3]
Works edit
Ibn Saddad was the author of a chronicle of Kairouan whose full title was:[4][3]
- Kitab al-Jam' wa 'l-bayan fi akhbar al-Qayrawan wa fi man fiha wa fi sa'ir bilad al-Maghrib min al-mulukwa 'l-a'yan or Kitab al-Jam' wa 'l-Bayan fi akhbar al-Maghrib wa 'l-Qayrawan
(الجمع والبيان في أخبار القيروان وما فيها وفي سائر بلاد المغرب من الملوك والأيام)
This work was used as a primary source by Abu'l-Fida, Ibn al-Athir, Ibn Idhari, Ibn Khaldun, Ibn Khallikan, al-Tijani, al-Maqrizi and al-Nuwayri.[4][1] And the 17th-century historian of Kairouan, Ibn Abi Dinar regretted not using his work.[4]
Another work he wrote was a chronicle of Sicily, both of this works are now lost.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b c Johns 2002, p. 87.
- ^ a b Idris 1962, p. XVIII.
- ^ a b c Talbi 1986, p. 933.
- ^ a b c Idris 1962, p. XIX.
Bibliography edit
- Idris, Hady Roger (1962). La Berbérie Orientale sous les Zirides, Xème-XIIème siècles (in French). Adrien-Maisonneuve.
- Johns, Jeremy (2002). Arabic Administration in Norman Sicily: The Royal Diwan. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-44019-6.
- Talbi, M. (1986) [1971]. "Ibn S̲h̲addād". In Lewis, B.; Ménage, V. L.; Pellat, C.; Schacht, J. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. III (2nd ed.). Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. BRILL. ISBN 9004081186.